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News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/08/2016
» Despite scare tactics deployed by the state, about 10 million voters refused to endorse the military-sponsored draft charter in the referendum.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/07/2016
» A glance at the motto on the website of the Office of the Election Commission (EC) regarding the forthcoming charter referendum, which will take place in about three weeks' time, and many may gain the impression the process is going smoothly, without problems.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/06/2016
» Despite relentless calls by local and international human rights advocacy groups that Thailand scrap capital punishment, there is a long way to go for the Thai state to give a positive response like others in the international community.
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/06/2016
» The visit this week by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will certainly brighten the spirits of the sombre Thai people and could also lift the profile of the Thai junta and Myanmar's top leader.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/06/2016
» This week 10 years ago, as I was wrapping up an interview with the Grand Duke of Luxembourg who joined other monarchs in celebrating HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th anniversary on the throne, he asked me a question that overwhelmed me so much that I could not immediately answer but had tears run down my face.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2016
» The month of May is the time when Thailand marks two political upheavals. One is the Black May uprising of 1992 when the pro-democracy movement was at a peak.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/05/2016
» It's never easy for the media to work when the country is under a military regime. Poor ratings for press freedom given recently by two agencies, the US-based Freedom House and Reporters without Borders (RSF) have attested to this fact.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/04/2016
» A rash of insurgent attacks in the deep South in the past months attest to the fact there are flaws in the military strategy and measures to achieve peace in this restive region.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/03/2016
» On International Women's Day today, I would like to highlight the lives and work of three women who have championed rights protection for people they believe have been unfairly treated by the state. Their work at times puts them in difficult situations, but they press on regardless.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/02/2016
» Like many others in the South, Tuwaedaniya Tuwaemae-ngae had no inkling the then Yingluck administration would launch a peace dialogue with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) three years ago.